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* Copyright (C) 2019 Czech Technical University in Prague
*
* This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
* the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
* Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any
* later version.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
* ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
* FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more
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*/
package cz.cvut.kbss.ontodriver;
import cz.cvut.kbss.ontodriver.exception.OntoDriverException;
/**
* Interface for retrieving concrete implementations of the OntoDriver API and/or classes the implementations use (e.g.
* classes of the underlying storage framework).
*/
@FunctionalInterface
public interface Wrapper {
/**
* Returns an object that implements the given interface to allow access to non-standard methods, or standard
* methods not exposed by the proxy. If the receiver implements the interface then the result is the receiver or a
* proxy for the receiver. If the receiver is a wrapper and the wrapped object implements the interface then the
* result is the wrapped object or a proxy for the wrapped object. Otherwise return the the result of calling unwrap
* recursively on the wrapped object or a proxy for that result. If the receiver is not a wrapper and does not
* implement the interface, then an {@link OntoDriverException} is thrown.
*
* @param cls The type of the required result
* @param The type of the class modelled by this Class object
* @return An object implementing the interface
* @throws OntoDriverException If no matching object is found
*/
T unwrap(Class cls) throws OntoDriverException;
}
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